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Groysman forbids Ukrainian ministers from talking to Russia without consent of Foreign Ministry
Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has forbidden members of the Cabinet of Ministers from conducting any negotiations with Russia without the consent of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
During a government meeting on Wednesday, he asked the Minister of Energy Ihor Nasalyk about a letter to Rosatom, which appeared in the media the day before. The minister replied that the information that was in Ukrayinska Pravda was “fake.” “The Ministry is not resuming cooperation [to build a …
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Ukrainian Security Service repels Russian cyberattack
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reports that it has successfully repelled a cyberattack on the network equipment of the Auly Chlorine Distillation Station – the only company in Ukraine that supplies water treatment companies with liquid chlorine for water purification.“Intelligence services specialists in the field of cyber security established that, over the course of several minutes, the company’s technological process control systems and the systems for detecting signs of emergencies …
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Putin prays before meeting with Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin left on Wednesday for his annual trip to Valaam.The Kremlin’s press service reported that Putin “attended a solemn liturgy at the Valaam Monastery Transfiguration Cathedral, which was conducted by Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus, and then walked along the cloister with the Patriarch”.
The visit took place on the church memorial day for the miracle-workers Venerable Sergius and Herman. Last year on July 11 the Russian president also traveled to the …
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Ukrainian Parliament calls for withdrawal from Azov Sea treaty with Russia
Ukrainian deputies introduced a bill to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliamnent) that would cancel the treaty between Russia and Ukraine on the joint use of the Azov Sea and the Kerch Strait. The corresponding message is posted on the website of the Verkhovna Rada. The draft resolution is addressed to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak.
The bill was registered on July 10 by members of the Samopomich (Self Reliance) party. However, the document has not …
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Russia to collect location data on all its citizens
By 2025, Russia plans to have established a unified register of information on all its citizens. As part of the preparation for this, the government will collect information on citizens’ actual place of residence.
Alexander Surinov, head of the Russian Federal State Statistics Service, told Rossiyskaya Gazeta in an interview that data collection will begin in a pilot census in 2018.“We are going to do a seamless transition to the population register, which will be established in Russia by 2025, …